What is the CRWS?

An Organized Research Unit (ORU) of York University, the Centre for Research on Work and Society (CRWS)
addresses the many issues facing labour that arise from the current volatile political transformation of
the Canadian world of work. In the present climate of rapid restructuring taking place within work and
civil society, the CRWS believes that a culture of union - university - community research partnerships
needs to be fostered. With this in mind, the CRWS maintains a network of active researchers, drawn from the
Canadian labour movement, academia, community groups, and the international labour research community.

The CRWS recently completed the administration of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC) research initiative entitled, Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy (RWL-INE).
This project engaged an alliance of academic and trade union partners to survey and report on various
aspects of Canadian labour markets and working-life.

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